Newly-Formed Pennsylvania NICA League Kicks Off with Successful Inaugural Season
As I sipped coffee and braced myself against the cold wind whipping across the lake at Yellow Creek State Park, I listened to 12-year-old Luly speak in nervous anticipation of her first mountain bike...
View ArticleHow To Save a Busted Race with Google Earth
“We’ve just lost our venue!” “What?” I replied, hearing the edge of panic in my race director’s voice. “The owners have sold the property, where are we going to hold the event?” For the last four years...
View ArticleWatch: 52,000 Feet of Climbing in the Grueling Pioneer Stage Race in New Zealand
The Pioneer Stage Race in New Zealand is a 7-day epic that punishes mountain bikers with 341 miles of racing and a whopping 52,000 feet of climbing! “The course takes riders into pristine parts of New...
View Article5 Days of the Southeast’s Best Trails: The 2017 Pisgah Stage Race
Blue Ridge Adventure’s 9th annual Pisgah Stage Race will be held in Brevard, North Carolina, April 10-15 (2017). Over five stages, racers will cover 140 miles of legendary Pisgah singletrack and gain...
View ArticleOne Hell of a Ride: Bikepacking the Huracan 300
It’s Super Bowl Sunday and I’m sitting on the curb in front of a 7-11 convenience store in Apopka, Florida. The sun, which has been beating down on us unobstructed by clouds since the early morning,...
View ArticleFrom Excitement to Exhaustion: Around the Clock at 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo
This is the 24-Hours in the Old Pueblo (24HOP). Some riders come to party. Others probably bit off more than they could chew, the 24HOP being their first endurance event. But many train hard and go for...
View ArticleWatch: Pain and Tomfoolery at the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo
Get a taste of both the pain and the tomfoolery present at the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo race by checking out this video above! And if you haven’t yet, be sure to also check out our photo essay from...
View ArticleA Weekend in the Woods: 2017 Maxxis Summit Photo Essay
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View Article11 Off-Grid Races You Need To Ride In 2017
Have you raced your bike yet? Some of the writers at Singletracks are a little conflicted whether we should or should not race our bikes. Personally, I’ve found that a race holds me to my goals and...
View ArticleWatch: Racing on the South’s Most Technical Trails – 2017 Pisgah Stage Race,...
Stage 1 is in the books! Perfect conditions out in the Pisgah Forest today. Things started with a tough climb including a few hike a bike sections. After that came the enduro segment down Daniel Ridge....
View ArticleWatch: 2017 Pisgah Stage Race – Stage Two Recap
Stage 2 of the 2017 Pisgah Stage Race was sponsored by Singletracks! Riders were challenged with long stretches of singletrack in a remote area of the forest. One of the trails on today’s route was...
View ArticleWatch: 2017 Pisgah Stage Race – Stage Three Recap
Woof. Today was a tough one. The course was filled with punchy climbs, long climbs, hike-a-bike sections, and some rowdy-ass descents. Chief among those descents was the enduro segment down Avery...
View ArticleWatch: 2017 Pisgah Stage Race – Stage Four Recap
The penultimate day of the 2017 Pisgah Stage Race was the longest of the week at 31 miles. It’s also said to be the toughest stage of the week, as the route gains 4,100 feet of elevation. A huge chunk...
View ArticleWatch: 2017 Pisgah Stage Race – Stage Five Recap
The 2017 Pisgah Stage Race is a wrap! For the fifth and final stage, racers were treated to a slightly shorter course (25 miles) with less climbing (3,200 feet). Every other stage had started and...
View ArticleLast Chance to Register for the 2017 Brutal Loop
We’re a little over a week away from the third annual Singletracks #BrutalLoop, taking place at Mulberry Gap in Elliay, GA! Everyone that signs up by tomorrow (4/19) will get an Opinel pocket knife...
View ArticlePivot Cycles Sponsors Utah NICA League at Platinum Level
Pivot Cycles has just come on board as a platinum-level sponsor of the Utah NICA league for 2017 and 2018, in addition to their continued support of the Arizona league. As a part of this sponsorship,...
View ArticleUCI World Cup Downhill Racing Kicks Off this Weekend
The first round of the 2017 World Cup DH schedule kicks off in Lourdes, France this Sunday (4/30)! Thanks once again to Red Bull, race fans can stream the events live or on demand on Red Bull TV. This...
View ArticleWatch: The Streak Continues – Rachel Atherton’s Winning Race Run in Lourdes
Rachel Atherton’s UCI World Cup winning streak continues with a dominant first place run in Lourdes, France–almost 2.5 seconds faster than second place Tracey Hannah! Women’s Results 1. Rachel Atherton...
View ArticleTop 5 Tips for Your First Downhill Race
Every mountain biker remembers their first race vividly. For myself, it was in May of 2013 on a cold, Canadian, snowy weekend. As it was my first downhill event, I had little experience and was a loner...
View Article“A Good Day on the Bike”– Racing the Grand Junction Off-Road
I heard the collective gasp of the crowd before I saw it. Rose Grant, the favorite to win, slid sideways across the pavement. Her bike struck the curb and then stopped, sparks flying into the evening...
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